Features
PvE Instances
If you are a Hunter with the Improved Tracking talent, TB Auto-Tracker will make sure that you use a form of Tracking which grants you the damage bonus upon entering a PvE instance, or being resurrected inside one. Because there is no typically no need to keep switching your active Tracking during a PvE instance, TB Auto-Tracker will not attempt to adjust it at any other time in the middle of an instance. This is to avoid disrupting you by casting a Tracking spell at an inopportune time.
Arenas
Furthermore, TB Auto-Tracker will attempt to determine the composition of the opposing team during Arena matches. If a Rogue, Druid, or invisible unit is detected, or if you do not have Improved Tracking, TB Auto-Tracker will enforce Track Hidden. Otherwise, and provided you have the Improved Tracking talent, TB Auto-Tracker will switch to Track Humanoids. In the event that there is an invisible mage or a Night Elf in Shadowmeld in the opposing team, TB Auto-Tracker will keep trying to determine the best tracking until you engage in combat, at which point it will stop entirely to avoid disrupting your match.
Battlegrounds & Lake Wintergrasp
TB Auto-Tracker will switch to Track Humanoids in battlegrounds and Lake Wintergrasp if you have Improved Tracking and an improved form of tracking enabled. Otherwise, it will switch to Track Hidden.
Dual Talent Specialization
TB Auto-Tracker is aware of the dual talent specialization feature, and will readjust itself if you switch talent specializations in the middle of an instance.
Notice
TB Auto-Tracker depends on TB Core. The latest release of TB Core is included with TB Auto-Tracker so you do not need to download it separately.
Localizations
Localization for TB Auto-Tracker is open. Please contribute your translations using the CurseForge contribution page.
Bugs and Requests
Please submit them using the CurseForge Tracker.
About the Author
I am a professional software engineer who plays World of WarCraft way too much and develops add-ons as a hobby (crazy I know!). I have played the same character since the release of World of WarCraft, a hunter called Valana, in the Team BATTLE guild on the Mug'thol realm. I raid some, but my primary focus in this game is PvP (mainly arenas).
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Installation Guide
- Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
- Download the mod you want to install
- Make a folder on your desktop called "My Mods"
- Save the .zip/.rar files to this folder.
- If, when you try to download the file, it automatically "opens" it... you need to RIGHT click on the link and "save as..." or "Save Target As".
- Extract the file - commonly known as 'unzipping'
Do this ONE FILE AT A TIME!
- Windows
- Windows XP has a built in ZIP extractor. Double click on the file to open it, inside should be the file or folders needed. Copy these outside to the "My Mods" folder.
- WinRAR: Right click the file, select "Extract Here"
- WinZip: You MUST make sure the option to "Use Folder Names" is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders how the Authors designed
- Mac Users
- StuffitExpander: Double click the archive to extract it to a folder in the current directory.
- Verify your WoW Installation Path
That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
- Move to the Addon folder
- Open your World of Warcraft folder. (default is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\)
- Go into the "Interface" folder.
- Go into the "AddOns" folder.
- In a new window, open the "My Mods" folder.
- The "My Mods" folder should have the "Addonname" folder in it.
- Move the "Addonname" folder into the "AddOns" folder
- Start World of Warcraft
- Make sure AddOns are installed
- Log in
- At the Character Select screen, look in lower left corner for the "addons" button.
- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.
- If the button is NOT there: means you did not install the addons properly. Look at the above screenshots. Try repeating the steps or getting someone who knows more about computers than you do to help.
Translations
When you download a mod, please be sure that the mod is compatible with your translation of wow. Some mods only work on the US versions, while some only work on some of the various European versions. These variations are called "Localizations".
TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
When Blizzard patches WoW, they change the Interface number. This means that all mods will be "out of date" unless or until the author releases a new version for that interface. Some people go into the .toc files and update the numbers themselves, but this is STRONGLY advised against as it will cause problems locating possible incompatibilities addons. When you log into WoW after a patch, you DO NOT have to delete your interface directory. All you have to do is simply tell WoW to ignore the interface numbers and load all the mods anyway. All you have to do is, while at the "character select" screen, look in the lower left corner and click on the "addons" button. A window will pop up listing all your installed mods.
If you look in the upper left corner of that window there should be a box that says "Load Out of Date AddOns". You want to CHECK this box. Now simply go into WoW normally and all your mods should load. As of the 1.9 patch, you will have to do this after EVERY patch/update that Blizzard posts! If you encounter any problems with a mod after a patch, please be sure to let the author of the mod know so they can fix it.
See also: About "Out Of Date AddOns"
Mac Support
WoW addons are not platformed based. As such, they can be used on either Mac or PC. You can extract both .zip and .rar files on a Mac using StuffitExpander.
Directory Structure
World of Warcraft
|_ Interface
|_AddOns
|_*AddonName*
|_ *AddonName*.toc
|_ *AddonName*.xml
|_ *AddonName*.lua
|_ (possibly others as well)...
